PMID:9636050
| Citation |
Lee, AY, Zhang, S, Kongsaeree, P, Clardy, J, Ganem, B, Erickson, JW and Xie, D (1998) Thermodynamics of a transition state analogue inhibitor binding to Escherichia coli chorismate mutase: probing the charge state of an active site residue and its role in inhibitor binding and catalysis. Biochemistry 37:9052-7 |
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| Abstract |
Electrostatic interactions play important roles in the catalysis of chorismate to prephenate by chorismate mutase. Mutation of Gln88 to glutamate in the monofunctional chorismate mutase from Escherichia coli results in an enzyme with a pH profile of activity significantly different from that of the wild type protein. To investigate whether the mutation alters the substrate binding process or the catalysis, we have directly determined the thermodynamic parameters of a transition state analogue inhibitor binding to the wild-type chorismate mutase and its Q88E mutant using isothermal titration calorimetry. The results demonstrate that solvent reorganization and hydrophobic interactions contribute the predominant free energy to inhibitor binding. The charge state of Glu88 in the Q88E mutant was experimentally determined and was shown to be protonated at pH 4.5 and ionized at pH 7.8, consistent with earlier hypotheses. Most surprisingly, inhibitor binding energetics do not exhibit significant pH dependency for both enzymes. Our findings indicate that the charge state of Glu88 has a small impact on inhibitor binding but plays an important role in the catalytic process. |
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PubMed Online version:10.1021/bi980217u |
| Keywords |
Amino Acid Substitution/genetics; Binding Sites/drug effects; Binding Sites/genetics; Calorimetry; Catalysis/drug effects; Chorismate Mutase/antagonists & inhibitors; Chorismate Mutase/chemistry; Chorismate Mutase/genetics; Enzyme Inhibitors/chemistry; Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Escherichia coli/genetics; Glutamic Acid/genetics; Glutamine/chemistry; Glutamine/genetics; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; Protons; Thermodynamics |
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